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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, was published by which individual?
Langston Hughes
Marcus Garvey
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following women is credited with organizing the Seneca Falls Convention?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Susan B. Anthony
Sojourner Truth
Lucretia Mott
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did Horace Mann believe with regard to education?
He believed that a solid public education system would serve as a great equalizer.
He believed that a solid public education system would serve as a pillar of the wealthy.
He believed that a solid public education system would serve as a segregator of races.
He believed that a solid public education system would serve as a money generator.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What comparison can be drawn between Elizabeth Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments and the Declaration of Independence?
Both documents outline a citizen's duties.
Both documents request government change.
Both documents outline the rights of citizens.
Both documents are considered "calls to action."
- 5. Multiple Choice
For what is Harriet Tubman best known?
her work on behalf of Native American suffrage
her work with the Harlem Renaissance
her work with the Underground Railroad
her work on behalf of African American suffrage
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was the main message that Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott preached at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?
Alcohol must be abolished to preserve family values.
Slavery is an abomination to modern Christians
It is the preordained destiny of the United States to expand.
Men and women are created equal.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of these men is generally credited as the leader of the Second Great Awakening?
Thomas Jefferson
Frederick Douglass
Charles Finney
Lyman Beecher
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following works is the best example of Transcendentalism?
the book Walden by Henry David Thoreau
the song "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe
the painting American Progress by John Gast
the drawings of American wildlife by John James Audubon
- 9. Multiple Choice
The idea behind _________ was that an individual should not have to obey laws considered unjust.
civil disobedience
Social Darwinism
national liberalism
civic virtue
- 10. Multiple Choice
Henry David Thoreau refused to pay taxes. He did this to protest which of the following?
the amount of taxes
having no representation in Congress
the rise of transcendentalism
a government that allowed slavery
- 11. Multiple Choice
The movement in the United States — particularly in Northern states — to end the slave trade and free slaves was known as which of the following?
the abolitionist movement
the suffrage movement
the states' rights movement
the environmental justice movement
- 12. Multiple Choice
This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the
start of the Civil War
issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
passage of the fugitive slave law
enactment of the 13th Amendment
- 13. Multiple Choice
Author/publishers Frederick Douglass (The North Star), Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom’s Cabin), and William Lloyd Garrison (The Liberator) are most closely associated with what movement?
Abolitionist
Temperance
Suffrage
Expansionist
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements accurately describes the reception of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Northerners largely ignored the book as nothing more than abolitionist propaganda.
Southerners felt the book did not accurately portray slavery.
Abolitionists believed the book harmed their cause and tried to have it banned.
The book was uniformly rejected by the public and would not become a best-seller until after Reconstruction.
- 15. Multiple Choice
During the 1840s, abolitionists opposed annexation (adding) of new western territory because they
feared the admission of new slave states
wanted to limit the power of the national government
were concerned with the legal rights of Native American Indians
supported an isolationist foreign policy
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Seneca Falls Convention?
The Seneca Falls Convention marks the unofficial beginning of the women's temperance movement.
The Seneca Falls Convention is widely viewed as the beginning of the women's suffrage movement.
The Seneca Falls Convention represents the turning point after which women quickly gained the right to vote.
The Seneca Falls Convention is usually referred to as the conclusion of the long struggle for equal rights for women.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Directions: The text below is taken from the Declaration of Sentiments. Use the text to answer any questions that follow.
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course."
Select the correct word or phrase to complete the statement.
_________ is the subject of the first complaint listed in this document and, arguably, its primary goal.
Women's suffrage
The abolition of slavery
Citizenship for former slaves
Equal pay for men and women
- 18. Multiple Choice
For what reason did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony oppose the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?
because it did not allow Native Americans to run for political office
because it did not allow women to vote
because it did not allow immigrants to vote
because it did not allow women to run for political office
- 19. Multiple Choice
Directions: The text below is taken from the Declaration of Sentiments. Use the text to answer any questions that follow.
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course."
This text was modeled after which of the following documents?
the Bill of Rights
the Preamble to the Constitution
the Declaration of Independence
the Declaration of the Rights of Women
- 20. Multiple Choice
What cause was Horace Mann associated with?
Education reform
Abolitionism
Westward expansion
Mental health reform
Women's rights
- 21. Multiple Choice
What cause was Frederick Douglass associated with?
Education reform
Abolitionism
Westward expansion
Mental health reform
Women's rights
- 22. Multiple Choice
What cause was Thomas Jefferson associated with?
Education reform
Abolitionism
Westward expansion
Mental health reform
Women's rights
- 23. Multiple Choice
What cause was Dorothea Dix associated with?
Education reform
Abolitionism
Westward expansion
Mental health reform
Women's rights
- 24. Multiple Choice
What cause was Susan B. Anthony associated with?
Education reform
Abolitionism
Westward expansion
Mental health reform
Women's rights
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